Emergency-tire.



v. E. REICHARD. v EMERQENCY'TIRE. APPLICATION FILED DEC- I3, 1915.v

Pnfenfed Oct. 3, 1915- 1'\/ E RELcHe-RD meneer.

VEEN E. RECHRD, OF PERRY, NEW YGRK.

EMERGENCY-@IRE T o all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Venn E. Remnant), a` citizen of the United States, residing at Perry, in tho county of Wyoming end State of New York, have invented certain new and v `useful Improvements in Emergency-Tiresi of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draW- ings.

-This invention relates to automobile tires andparticularly to an emergency tire which is adapted to be disposed upon thewheel' of an automobile 1n case of an emergency',`

Which will be expansible and contractible so that it maybe contracted into Place and promptly engaged with the rim of the 'wheel or can be readily removed..

Still another object of this invention is toV provide an emergency tire comprising a. base madev in sectionsso that it may be iexible and conform to th'ecurvature of the wheel rim of the automobile, the base being .adaptr ed to rest upon the flanges of the rim, 1and being provided Withtread members and with blocks extending inward from theinner face 'of the base and adapted to rest u pon the faceiof the rim between the flanges thereoiz and prevent lateral movement of the emergency tire when it is contracted in place.

AA further object of the invention is to.

provide fora firm engagementbetween the tread `members and the base and to provide a -very simple means whereby the ends of the emergencytire may be connected to each other andy contracted upon the rim or the `Wheel. A I y .l .Otherobjects Will appear in the course of 4 .the fpllowing description.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I' Figure lis a longitudinal sectional View' ot awportion. of` a wheel equipped with my ,l Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicatie. ma neeembr 1a', 1915. serial ne. 66,575.

improved emergency tire; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig'. 3 is a perspective view of one end of the'emergency tire; Fig. 4 is a perspective View oi the opposite end of the emergency tire.

Referring in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that my emergency tire comprises a base, as it may be termed composed of a plurality of sections, the sections being desig.V

mated-10. These sections are hingedly conf nected to each other at their ends so that the entire base is flexible and is adapted to it around and conform to the curvature of Ithe Wheel rim A. 'lo this end, l preferably width greater than the outside Width of the ordinary automobile Wheel rim, as illustrated clearly in Fig. i?. y

Attached to the innerr Aface oi" each strip isa block 13 which is preferably of Wood,

but may bemade of any other suitable m.-

terial, each block being longitudinally curved to conform to the curvature of the strip l0 and being' less in length than the strip and having its ends outwardly beveled,4 as at fiel. This block 13 has a width less than that of the strip 10`and` has a Width substantially equal to thedistance between the flanges oi' an ordinary automobile wheel rim so thatthe block may seat between the flanges and upon the face of the rim, as shown in Fig. 2.' l

' i Attached toitlie outer face of each strip 10 is a tread block l5 whichis preferably of rubber Ior other suitable composition having'like cushioning qualities and preferably the tread block.` Preferably transverse me` tallic pins 3.7 pass through the out-turned edges' of the fabric .strip and through the rubber, locking' the strip firmly to ythe rubber. f i

y For the purpose of holding the tread block 15, the fabric strip 16 and the block 13 firmly to thebase strip 10, I preferably prolvide bolts or screws Which pass through the block 13 and into or through the tread block 15. As illustrated, both they tread block between the members and prevent any rela-i tive longitudinal or lateral movement. in?! plurality of units each formed of a j strip l() with the corresponding tread block and block- 13 are hinged to `each other by -pintles 12,'as before described so as to form fa liexible emergency tire adapted to be dissppo'sed" over the rim of a Wheel.

In order to lock the emergency tirefupon the rim of the Wheel' and contract it upon the Wheel, I

-fpreferably form the base. strip 10 at one end of the' emergency tire with the projecting extremities or terminal portions kwhich extend beyond the lend of the correspending tread block 15 and the correspond! mg block 13, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Riv

are the strips 21 which also extend out beyond the corresponding tread block .15 and have the Aoutwardly turned terminal ends 22 which are apertured. The base strip 10b at the other end of the emergency tire does not project beyond the corres onding block 13, but is cut-away at,` its si e margins as at 23 and riveted or otherwise attached to this base strip are' the strips 24, Whose extremities are turnedv outwardlyas at 25 and apertured. Bolts 26`pass throughthe apertures of the outwardly turned ears 22 and 25 and by tightening up upon the nuts 27 of these bolts, the emergency tire may be drawn i'nto close 'engagement with the periphery cf the wheel rim. When so engaged, the blocks 13 willseat upon the inner face of the wheel rim andthe base strips 10 and 10b vvill extend laterally over the flanges of the wheel rim. By forming the base of strips or sections 10-hi`nged to each other and by forming the blocks 13 of less strength than the base sections and beveled, the emergency tire may be readily folded 'so as to' occupy but little space and thus can be readily carried Within the car. B forming the tread blocks less in length than the base strips to which they are attached and beveling the ends of the blocks the tire may be expanded within reasonable limits te lit .eted or otherwise attachedto the strip 10a' a relatively large wheel. The spaces between the blocks 13 permit ,the tire to be contracted to lit a wheel less in diameter than the normal diameter.

I have found in practice that this emergency tire is 4very convenient and thor- 70 oughly eiiective. By using it, all strain is taken from the flanges of the '-'Wheel rim so that there is no danger in running upon the rim, as is the case Where the tire is deiiated.

Having thus described this invention, 75 what I claim is:- i v 1. I n'an emergency tire, a' flexible base composed of a plurality of sections having hinged engagement with each other, a plurality of tread elements each attached to the outer face of one of said sections and less in length than the sections, aplurality of rim engaging elements each attached to the inner face of one of said sections and less in length than said sections, and means for 815v contracting or expanding thel tire.

2. An emergency tire comprising a plu- .rality of metallic strips having hinged engagement with each other, tread elements each attached to one of said` strips, each element comprising a layer of fabric, and a resilient block engaged With the fabric, the outer face of the block being recessed, a plurality of rim engaging elements each comprising a longitudinally extending block attached to the inner face of the corresponding strip, and each element being recessed vupon its linner face, bolts having heads disposed in said recesses passing through the rim engaging elements, the strips and the tread elements, and having vnuts disposed inthe recesses of the tread elements, and means whereby the tire may be expanded or contracted.

3. In an emergency tire, a'` flexible base comprising a plurality of metallic strips hingedly securedto each other, a plurality of tread elementsdisposed each against the outer face of one of said strips, 'a plurality of rim engaging elements e'ach disposed, against the inner face of one of said strips and less in Width than the strips, means operativelyengaging each rim engaging element, corresponding strip and correspending tread elementWith ea'ch other, and means for contracting lr expanding the tire, the tread elements and the-rim engaging elementshaving beveled ends, whereby the tire-maybe expanded or contracted to fit different sized Wheels.

4. In an emergency tire, ajllexible base comprising a plurality of metallic sections hingedl secured to each other, a plurality Y of trea elements each attached to the outer.` face of one of said sections, a plurality of 125 'rim engaging elements each attached tozgne-` of said sections,

the section at one end'gfl the'iiexible base having laterally 1 f extensions projecting beyond the ends of` `)means engaging said ears for contracting 10 the corresponding tread element and rinj `fthe tire upon a wheel.

engaging element, said section havingout In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my wadlfy u'rned deas disposted adjacenttiey signature in the presence of two witnesses. en o t e trea e ement, t e section at t e" opposite end of the base being cut away on' A 1YERN E' REICHARD' its side margins to accomodate 4the exten- Witnesses:

sions of the rst-named sectionnd being MAE-HALL,

provided with outwardly IAturned ears, and ALICE SMITH.l 

